Fraud investigator T.N. Prakash, chief investigator for the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles told the Boca Raton News that it is common for insurance cards to be faked, citing the McKinon case as proof of the widespread scam.

Prakash vowed to hunt down other fake-card pushers in Palm Beach County, adding, "We'll find them.

According T.N. Prakash, a bureau chief with the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Ziesmer was asked if he had any previous sex offenses as part of the process of getting identification.Apparently, he said no.

But why ask?Why can't DMV do a simple background check?

It takes only 60 seconds and a computer to discover his scary past.But Prakash says to do a background check for every applicant would be too time consuming.

"I'm sure there are other Howard McKinons out there," T.N. Prakash, chief investigator for the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV), told the Boca Raton News on Wednesday.

Blind justice: 4 weekends in jail in $500K fraud February 2, 2005, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. -- A Dobbs Ferry man who claimed that he was blinded in four separate cruise-ship accidents - all in the same eye - pleaded guilty yesterday to charges he fraudulently tried to get $500,000 in insurance for the latest "mishap."